The Spur

Joan Shelley returns with The Spur, her first new album in three years. The 12-song set is a profound meditation on light and darkness, recorded in the spring of 2021 at Earthwave Farm in the Kentucky countryside. James Elkington serves as co-producer alongside Shelley, and the LP also features collaborations with Bill Callahan, Meg Baird, British novelist Max Porter, and Shelley’s musical partner and husband Nathan Salsburg.

"The Kentucky singer-songwriter has come to fully master a sense of radiant calm."
– NPR Music

"Her poetic imagery is dazzling."
– The Guardian

Tracklist

1. Forever Blues
2. The Spur
3. Home
4. Amberlit Morning
5. Like The Thunder
6. When The Light Is Dying
7. Breath For The Boy
8. Fawn
9. Why Not Live Here
10. Bolt
11. Between Rock & Sky
12. Completely